SEMINAR ON PROMOTING BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND THE PHILIPPINES

From left: Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Senior Vice President Waqar Ahmad Choudhury; Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BPCCI) President Akber (Al) Hakim; DTI-Export Marketing Bureau Assistant Director Agnes Perpetua R. Legaspi; DCCI President Osama Taseer; Vice Consul of the Philippine Embassy in Dhaka Leo Marco C. Vidal; Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC)-Jakarta Commercial Attaché Jeremiah C. Reyes; DCCI Vice President Imran Ahmed.

02 September 2019, Dhaka - The Philippine Outbound Business Matching Mission (OBMM) to Bangladesh participated in a seminar on Promoting Bilateral Trade and Investment between Bangladesh and the Philippines at the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Building.

Assistant Director Ms. Agnes Perpetua R. Legaspi of the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry highlighted the Philippines as an emerging market that has consistent growth in recent years that is bolstered by numerous free trade agreements with other countries. Commercial Attaché Mr. Jeremiah C. Reyes of the Philippine Trade and Invest Center in Jakarta emphasized the need to establish frameworks of cooperation between the Philippines and Bangladesh. 

The seminar was followed by a business-to-business (B2B) matching session where the business delegation was given opportunity to present their products to the members of DCCI and the Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry. END